Using this resource as a starting point, link decide what drug you want to learn more about.
Here is a great link for neurotransmitters impacted by drugs: link
Big questions:
Which neurotransmitters does your drug impact?
How are those neurons/neurotransmitters impacted?
Is there any short or long term change/damage to the neurons in the brain or the level of neurotransmitters in the brain?
Is your drug addictive physically or emotionally?
How does addiction to your drug look like in the brain?
What are typical signs of addiction to this drug? (physical, emotional)
What are the beneficial uses of this drug (if any)?
What are the harmful effects of this drug (if any)?
Should the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve this drug as being useful for humans and not having many adverse side effects? Why or why not?
The answers to the first 8 questions will appear on your poster, the final answer will be discussed/voted upon on Monday.
Please make it neat enough to read and attractive enough that people want to see what you have to say. You need graphics, images (esp useful are images that help demonstrate what the drug does in the brain). This is not an advertisement, more like an infomercial.
Grading rubric:
50% accuracy of answers to informative questions
50% how you make your argument and back it up with facts
Here is a great link for neurotransmitters impacted by drugs: link
Big questions:
Which neurotransmitters does your drug impact?
How are those neurons/neurotransmitters impacted?
Is there any short or long term change/damage to the neurons in the brain or the level of neurotransmitters in the brain?
Is your drug addictive physically or emotionally?
How does addiction to your drug look like in the brain?
What are typical signs of addiction to this drug? (physical, emotional)
What are the beneficial uses of this drug (if any)?
What are the harmful effects of this drug (if any)?
Should the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve this drug as being useful for humans and not having many adverse side effects? Why or why not?
The answers to the first 8 questions will appear on your poster, the final answer will be discussed/voted upon on Monday.
Please make it neat enough to read and attractive enough that people want to see what you have to say. You need graphics, images (esp useful are images that help demonstrate what the drug does in the brain). This is not an advertisement, more like an infomercial.
Grading rubric:
50% accuracy of answers to informative questions
50% how you make your argument and back it up with facts
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